This topic focuses on issues related to firearms in the U.S. and selected international countries such as Mexico, China, United Kingdom. It covers regional and national policy, laws and bills, debates, gun violence, crime, statistics, history, gun control, and proposed regulations. Data included obtained from FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. and foreign governments and other major sources.
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History: How The USA Became A Gun Culture
2016-08-09 UPDATE:
WASHINGTON, DC. The current political climate seems to be another resurgence against law-abiding Americans owning legal firearms.
Regardless of one’s political ideology, there was a television program that helped shed some light on the evolution of weapons technology and how it shaped the history of the United States.
After a little note-taking, and subsequent research here, I found that the History Channel producers provided a non-partisan, non-political history lesson.
They did a pretty good job explaining how the U.S. become a gun culture. I have highlighted some of the key paths and elaborated on these findings in this historical review here. Read More…